Sechswochenamt (2025)
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Magdalena Laubisch, Gerta Gormanns, Lola Klamroth, Suzanne Ziellenbach
After her mother’s death, Lore returns to her hometown and must navigate family tensions and bureaucracy while trying to honor her mother’s final wish.
The story
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lore returns to her hometown of Erkelenz in the Rhineland after her mother dies. She finds herself caught in entrenched family dynamics and paralyzing bureaucracy, with hardly any time to say goodbye to her mother. Over the six weeks leading to the Catholic memorial Mass held about six weeks after a death, Lore struggles to process her grief and carry out her mother’s final wish.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lore returns to her hometown of Erkelenz in the Rhineland after her mother dies. There, she faces entrenched family dynamics and paralyzing bureaucracy, while finding hardly any time to say goodbye to her mother. Over the titular period of six weeks—the “Sechswochenamt,” a Catholic tradition of holding a memorial Mass about six weeks after a death—Lore struggles to process her loss and fulfill her mother’s final wish.
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